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The Power of Numbers: Public Higher Ed Institutions Detail How They’re Increasing Student Success through the Effective Use of Data
Washington, DC – As colleges and universities across the country seek to better utilize data to improve student success, 14 leading public higher education institutions today detailed through a series of case studies how they are driving progress on campus through the effective use of student-level data. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)…
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APLU Looks Forward to Congressional HBCU Conference & Advancing Legislative Action
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today issued the following statement regarding tomorrow’s congressional convening of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on Capitol Hill. The association’s membership includes 23 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), of which 21 are land-grant institutions (19 under the 1890 Morrill Act,…
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APLU Thanks U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for Meeting with Public University Presidents and Chancellors
Washington, DC— Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s meeting with him and 11 public university presidents and chancellors from across the country. The university leaders are all members of the APLU Board of Directors, which has its annual winter…
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APLU and Temple University Announce Effort to Help Universities Improve & Grow Small-Dollar Completion Grants Aimed at Turning Would-Be Dropouts into College Graduates
Washington, DC — In an effort to prevent low-income college students nearing graduation from dropping out, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Temple University today announced they will work on a five-year project to improve and grow small-dollar completion grants aimed at ensuring such students complete their degree. The U.S. Department of…
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APLU Names the University of California, Riverside 2016 Project Degree Completion Award Winner
Austin, TX — At its 129th Annual Meeting in Austin, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named the University of California, Riverside the winner of its 2016 Project Degree Completion Award. The annual Project Degree Completion Award identifies and honors institutions employing innovative methods or programs to increase retention and graduation outcomes…
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APLU Names the University of California, Riverside 2016 Project Degree Completion Award Winner
Austin, TX — At its 129th Annual Meeting in Austin, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named the University of California, Riverside the winner of its 2016 Project Degree Completion Award. The annual Project Degree Completion Award identifies and honors institutions employing innovative methods or programs to increase retention and graduation outcomes…
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APLU Announces 2016 Project Degree Completion Award Finalists
Washington, D.C.— As part of its ongoing efforts to increase degree completion, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced California State University, Fresno; Cleveland State University; Montana State University; the University of California, Riverside; and Wayne State University as finalists for its 2016 Project Degree Completion Award. The annual prize works to…
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APLU Statement on House Panel’s Approval of FY2017 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education’s approval of its Fiscal Year 2017 appropriations bill.
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APLU Statement on Clinton’s New College Affordability Proposal
Washington, DC–APLU President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding Secretary Clinton’s new college affordability proposal.
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APLU & USU Report Details How Institutional Change Can Drive Low-income and Underrepresented Student Success
Washington, D.C.—The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) today released a report examining institutional innovations undertaken at seven public urban research universities aimed at improving student success, including graduation rates, among low-income and underrepresented college students. The universities participated in the first phase of an APLU and…
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